Abenaki Confederacy

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Abenaki

...with other tribes in the 17th century to furnish mutual protection against the Iroquois Confederacy. The name refers to their location “toward the dawn.” In its earliest known form, the
Abenaki Confederacy consisted of tribes or bands living east and northeast of present-day New York state, including Abenaki, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot in present-day Maine, Malecite and Mi’kmaq...

Malecite

...in what is now New Brunswick, Can., and the northeastern corner of what is now the U.S. state of Maine. Their language was closely related to that of the Passamaquoddy, and they were members of the
Abenaki Confederacy, a group of Algonquian-speaking tribes organized for protection against the Iroquois Confederacy.

Micmac

Mi’kmaq social and political life was flexible and loosely organized, with an emphasis on kin relations. They were part of the
Abenaki Confederacy, a group of Algonquian-speaking tribes allied in mutual hostility against the Iroquois Confederacy.

Passamaquoddy

At the time of European contact, the Passamaquoddy belonged to the
Abenaki Confederacy, and their language was closely related to that of the Malecite. They traditionally depended on hunting and fishing for subsistence; birch bark and wood were used for manufacture. Villages, consisting of conical dwellings and a large council house, were sometimes palisaded. A tribal council of the war chief,...

Penobscot

Algonquian-speaking North American Indians who lived on both sides of the Penobscot Bay and throughout the Penobscot River basin in what is now the state of Maine, U.S. They were members of the Abenaki confederacy. Penobscot subsistence was based on hunting, fishing, and collecting wild plants, with seasonal movement to obtain food. In winter small family groups lived in hunting camps within...

Vermont history

By 1600, western groups of the Algonquian-speaking
Abenaki Confederacy occupied the area from Lake Champlain on the west to the White Mountains of New Hampshire on the east and from southern Quebec to the Vermont-Massachusetts border. Western Abenaki groups included the Sokoki and Cowasuck along the Connecticut River and the Missisquoi along Lake Champlain. Non-Abenaki, such as the Mohican and...

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